> Ron Pachter wrote:> > > > read your post regarding this. I have one of the Nasco fish and love> > playing with it. Do you have any support info on this Japanese> > printing--ie, historical info or where for me to look? I'd like to do it> > in some of my classes, but would like to give them more than "hey, we're> > printing with rubber fish". Thanks. Sounded like you got great results.> > > Hi Ron,> There is an article agout Gyotaku in Smithsonian magazine, but I > don't know which issue (I pulled it out of the magazine) I got some > information when I "surfed the net" on Gyotaku.> > At a museum "family day" there's not a lot of time for explanations. Do > any of you museum folk have any ideas about how to make the hands-on > activities more "educational" when people are wandering in and out? I > use posters, but find most of the learning has to be intrisic in the > activity--kind of old school art education, I guess. Of course, the > activities are tied into the exhibition and we are hoping people are > making connections. But are they?> > I'd like more info on Gyotaku also--anyone?> > Marcia Scurfield--Derby, KS> >
We have some material and links to gyotaku on our web site. Go
to http;//www.art.unt.edu/ntieva/
and click on "art curriculum," then "Asian art and culture" to
"gyotaku."